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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] april fools dot article anyone?
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-04-01 9:47:59
Message-ID: y2m5847e5cf1004010247qd31d7584iee6ea1f4bda52467 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Ready for review (need justin's name!)

http://dot.kde.org/2010/04/01/announcing-upcoming-release-new-customized-kde-software-compilations


On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Justin,
> 
> what is your dot account name?
> 
> who knows?
> 
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:54 AM, Justin Kirby <justin@neomantra.org> wrote:
> > In the spirit of the typical foolery that occurs on this special occasion,
> > how about a joke article on the Dot poking fun at ourselves and the rest of
> > the software development world?  I've written up a rough draft.  Some of the
> > SC "edition" names might need some help.  I was trying to poke fun at things
> > like popular closed source naming schemes for OS's (e.g. basic freedom
> > edition), a bit towards our open source friends in other projects (dwarfed
> > freedom edition), and of course take a look our ourselves as well (ultimate
> > freedom edition).  Suggestions welcome.  Hopefully we can get something
> > posted early tomorrow if people like it so its up for most of the day?  I'd
> > imagine most of you are all sleeping right now and I'll be sleeping till 8am
> > EST so feel free to just post it with any changes the group sees fit if you
> > are happy with it before I wake up to respond.  Or if you think its a
> > terrible idea that's fine too.  My ego might still be ok if Jos professes
> > his undying love to me enough times.
> > 
> > "Announcing the upcoming release of new customized KDE Software Compilations
> > 
> > KDE has enjoyed great success over the years and today marks another
> > important step in the evolution of our growing community.  Many years ago
> > when KDE was just beginning we had a small user base and similar
> > expectations of how the software should work.  But with growth and success
> > also comes new users and new expectations.  As an effort to meet the growing
> > demands of our user community KDE has identified 3 key areas in which we
> > would like to better cater to users' needs.  In order to achieve this it has
> > been determined that there will be, going forward, 3 separate releases of
> > each Software Compilation tailored to these areas.
> > 
> > The first focus area is geared towards users who prefer the ultimate in
> > customization.  KDE has long been unmatched in its ability to give the user
> > full control of their software and we would like to take that to the next
> > level.  Starting with KDE SC 5 we will be creating a KDE SC "Ultimate
> > Freedom Edition".  This compilation will include one hundred percent
> > customization of every option, including full maintenance of backports of
> > every feature ever supported by KDE back to v3.0.
> > 
> > The second focus area is aimed at users who enjoy the freedom of open
> > source, but prefer a simple set of default behavior from their software so
> > that they are not bombarded with constant decision making and choices when
> > setting up their software.  This version of the KDE SC has been code named
> > "Dwarfed Freedom Edition".  This compilation will bring all of the normal
> > KDE software you've come to love, but with scaled back numbers of options in
> > all desktop environment and application menus so as to make life a little
> > bit simpler for our users.
> > 
> > Last but not least, we would like to reach out to new users transitioning to
> > KDE from outside the world of open source.  We know that many people in this
> > category could probably care less about messing with any options at all and
> > want their computer to "just work".  To better meet this group's needs we
> > will be releasing KDE SC "Basic Freedom Edition".  This compilation will
> > focus on providing rock solid functionality without any customization that
> > might impair their ability to operate the computer.  For your protection
> > this compilation will be closed source, not allow you to access root level
> > functionality, and will fully enforce security through obscurity thanks to
> > the "black box" development processes that will be used in creating this
> > edition.
> > 
> > We are very excited to bring to you these great new compilations in the
> > coming months and will continue to bring up to the minute coverage here on
> > the Dot as the KDE community continues to drive software development into
> > the future!  Have a happy April 1st."
> > 
> > 
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